Hmm.. what I like about this song, is that when they sing 'I can tell, that the fire's burning out', it's all breathy, like they are running out of breath like the guy and girl are running out of love, or like they are blowing out a candle. (Fire burning out..) But maybe that's just me. ;)
Anyway, I'm not sure about the specific meaning of this song. Of course it's about a relationship that has 'run its course', as the saying goes, but it's more complex than that. It's like... they both want to save the relationship, but the guy isn't sure that's possible. In her life, the girl is moving in a different direction, even if on the outside it seems that they are the same. They act like everything is the same, that nothing has changed.. but it isn't the same. They are holding on to something that started dying long ago, and they aren't sure what to do with it. That's how I see it, anyway.
Hmm.. what I like about this song, is that when they sing 'I can tell, that the fire's burning out', it's all breathy, like they are running out of breath like the guy and girl are running out of love, or like they are blowing out a candle. (Fire burning out..) But maybe that's just me. ;)
Anyway, I'm not sure about the specific meaning of this song. Of course it's about a relationship that has 'run its course', as the saying goes, but it's more complex than that. It's like... they both want to save the relationship, but the guy isn't sure that's possible. In her life, the girl is moving in a different direction, even if on the outside it seems that they are the same. They act like everything is the same, that nothing has changed.. but it isn't the same. They are holding on to something that started dying long ago, and they aren't sure what to do with it. That's how I see it, anyway.